Marriage and Family Therapy Program

Congratuations to Imani Dillon, first year MFT student, for being awarded the People's Choice Award at the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition held on October 29th.  Her presentation was titled: "Is Parenting Style Related to Later Substance Abuse in Children?" Students in the Multicultural Counseling class instructed by Dr. Jordan participated in this annual event hosted by the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies. 

The Student Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (SAMFT) will host the annual fall conference on November 8th from 12-5PM in the Reich College of Education Building, Rooom 127. This workshop titled Intersectionality in Therapies: Personal Experiences of a Black Queer Femme Therapist, will feature guest speaker Adrienne Michelle, LMFT,  who will speak on how the intersectionality of both therapist and client affects the therapuetic process.  This event is open to the public and lunch will be provided. Cost is: $10 for students, $25 for provisionally licensed professionals, $40 for licensed professionals, additional $10 for NBCC Clock Hours (4.25). Payments accepted in the form of cash, check, or venmo at the door or in advance through mail.  More information and registration here. 

Two graduating MFT students have been admitted to Ph.D. programs starting fall 2019. Congratulations to Carmen Gray who will attend Kansas State University and to Francesca Otero-Vargas who will attend Florida State University! Gray has also been selected as a Reich College of Education graduate student speaker at commencement, held on May 10th at the App State Convocation Center. Otero-Vargas has been awarded a 2019 McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, which strives to support African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in Florida. 

Dr. Karen Caldwell is the recipent of a HRSA grant funded by a Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant funds internship stipends, which are available to students in their internship year. The goal of the grant is to provide behavioral services to children and youth living in rural Appalachian communities and expand the number of licensed MFTs working in these underserved areas. The stipend amount provided to each recipient is $10,000 over the course of their 12 month internship.

The Marriage and Family Therapy Social Justice in Action Fund provides assistance to financially support students from underrepresented populations 

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